2024 Presenters

Rick Doblin

Rick Doblin

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the...

Mary Sanders

Mary Sanders

Mary Sanders, LCSW, is a dynamic psychotherapist and fervent social justice advocate, infusing passion into both her clinical endeavors and community initiatives. With over a decade of experience in community mental health, she's provided transformative psychotherapy...

Jamie Wheal

Jamie Wheal

"Mapping the Mysto: Towards an Integrated Theory of High Weirdness" Jamie Wheal is the author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death In a World That's Lost Its Mind and the global bestseller Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs, and Maverick...

Acacea Lewis

Acacea Lewis

"The Origins of the Ritual Use of Crystals and Mushrooms" Acacea Lewis is the Founder of Divine Master Alchemy LLC, and Divine Master University, a school for Entheogenic Cultural Literacy and Applied Naturopathic Medicine Research.  Acacea is a student of Baba...

Christopher Bache

Christopher Bache

Christopher M. Bache is professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Fellow at the Institute of...

Erika Dyck 

Erika Dyck 

A Psychedelic Resurgence: Historical Lessons for the Future Erika Dyck is a History professor and a Canada Research Chair in the History of Health & Social Justice at the University of Saskatchewan. She is the author or co-author of several books,...

Sandor Iron Rope

Sandor Iron Rope

Sandor Iron Rope is a member of the Tetonwan Lakota Oyate, Oglala Lakota spiritual leader from Porcupine District and enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Generational peyote practioner and spiritual leader. In 2006 he served as a delegate for the state of South...

Sutton King

Sutton King

Sutton King, N??qtaw-Pianakiw (comes first woman), MPH, Afro-Indigenous, descendent of the Menominee and Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, is a graduate of NYU School of Global Public Health. As an internationally recognized Indigenous rights activist, public health...

Dr. Osiris Garcia Cerqueda

Dr. Osiris Garcia Cerqueda

Dr. Osiris García Cerqueda is an Indigenous Mazatec historian and sociologist fromHuautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico. From a very young age, he has dedicated himself tothe study of the history of his community and the practice of the ancestral ritual withpsilocybin...

Dominique Morisano

Dominique Morisano

Dr. Dominique Morisano, CPsych, is a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and University of Ottawa. She has received training in psychedelic therapies from multiple institutions, including the Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted...

Soi Kene

Soi Kene

Soi Kene grew up in the farm country of Western New York. He studied film at NYU after which he spent several years traveling the world. He subsequently returned to North America to work as a filmmaker in the US and Jamaica. Since 2012, Chaikuni has apprenticed under...

Robert W.E. Laurie

Robert W.E. Laurie

"Psychedelic Medicines - Canada Update and Perspectives" AD LUCEM LAW CORPORATION was founded in 2013 by Robert W.E. Laurie, an award-winning, international lawyer qualified in England and called to the British Columbia Bar. Robert’s legal practice focuses on...

Kelly Dunn & Josh Sarvis

Kelly Dunn & Josh Sarvis

Josh Sarvis and Kelly Dunn have been cultivating pure, closed loop cannabis for almost 3 decades. They are Humus Beings dedicated to intentionally and actively educating the cannabis industry on purity in cultivation inputs and practices. They are passionate about...

Jazmin Pirozek

Jazmin Pirozek

Plants as People: Our Inherent Connection About Jazmin Jazmin Pirozek is from Lake of the Woods, Ontario and of Norway House Cree Nation. Jazmin lives in Kenora, Ontario and  she studied at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay. Her studies included Anthropology and...

Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D

Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D

Kenneth Tupper, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Child & Youth Care at the University of Victoria. Kenneth’s doctoral research developed the concept of “entheogenic education,” a theoretical frame for understanding how psychedelic plants and...

Olivia Marcus

Olivia Marcus

Olivia Marcus completed her PhD in medical anthropology from the University of Connecticut with a specialization in social sciences and healthcare, and an MPH in sociomedical sciences from Columbia University. She is a postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Rory Meyers...

Willow WoodSmith

Willow WoodSmith

Wood Carver, Plant Romancer, Ceremonialist, Father and Village Tender Born and raised as a child in the woods of Northern Interior BC, and Detroit city in his teen years. Discovering Plant Medicine ceremony in his early 30’s after the birth of his daughter Pearl...

Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder

Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder

Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist whose research into the therapeutic potential of ritual psychedelic plant use spans more than two decades. She serves as Director of Research and Psychotherapy at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural...

Marco Sánchez

Marco Sánchez

Watch Marco's Full 2023 Presentation Here Marco Sánchez is a practitioner and researcher of plant technology. He assists in facilitating healing trough the teachings of shipibo cosmovision technology from the Amazon. Marco has been practicing and learning for over 17...

Don Chabelo

Don Chabelo

 Jose? Isabel Gonza?lez de la Cruz, also known as Don Chabelo, is a Marakame of the Wixa?rrika Nation, hailing from Jalisco, Mexico. He is descended from a long, distinguished lineage of Marakate1, including his parents, aunt, uncle, and both his maternal and paternal...

Theda Phoenix

Theda Phoenix

Theda “Theeda” Phoenix, is a singer-songwriter, professional sound healer, recording artist and intuitive vocal guide. Her  dynamic voice and light language can touch you to the core, connecting you with your inner truth and souls guidance. Her unique sound is deeply...

Shine

Shine

Renowned Australian didjeridu master Shine has been performing, teaching, and offering sound healing for close to 30 years. He has performed at numerous international festivals to thousands of people and shared the stage with many well-known artists, including Mickey...

Curtis Andrews

Curtis Andrews

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions; a percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends most categories. In June 2009 he moved...